Expedited b1/b2 visa!

[Mavy Rakkail 8]

Hello all, 

to those with experience, do you know if we can book an expedited interview at the embassy for a tourist visa? What are the reasons that work? What was your experience overall.

 

thank you a lot

[Chancy 6,247]

12 minutes ago, Mavy Rakkail said:

to those with experience, do you know if we can book an expedited interview at the embassy for a tourist visa? What are the reasons that work?

 

Your question makes it sound like you are shopping for a reason.  You either have an emergency or you don't.

 

[Mavy Rakkail 8]

6 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

Your question makes it sound like you are shopping for a reason.  You either have an emergency or you don't.

 

It is not mine, i know people with emergency but they asked and were told it won’t work. So we are trying to figure out what might work.

case is: sister a us citizen is sick and due to covid situation it’s getting harder for her so she needs her sister “expired b1/b2 visa holder” to come over and help her out until things settle down.

doctor report is ready but people let us down and said it’s not sufficient 

[Chancy 6,247]

2 minutes ago, Mavy Rakkail said:

sister a us citizen is sick and due to covid situation it’s getting harder for her so she needs her sister “expired b1/b2 visa holder” to come over and help her out until things settle down.

 

In which country does the applicant reside?  How long has the B1/B2 visa been expired?

 

[SalishSea 18,467]

29 minutes ago, Mavy Rakkail said:

sister a us citizen is sick and due to covid situation it’s getting harder for her so she needs her sister “expired b1/b2 visa holder” to come over and help her out until things settle down.

Will be very hard to prove that the USC cannot get appropriate care from resources already within the US.

[Dashinka 25,887]

32 minutes ago, Mavy Rakkail said:

It is not mine, i know people with emergency but they asked and were told it won’t work. So we are trying to figure out what might work.

case is: sister a us citizen is sick and due to covid situation it’s getting harder for her so she needs her sister “expired b1/b2 visa holder” to come over and help her out until things settle down.

doctor report is ready but people let us down and said it’s not sufficient 

They can always try, but I agree with @Jorgedig, also, this type of thing could be considered unauthorized work as a caregiver on a B2 visa.

[Boiler 47,502]

The obvious solution would be for the US sister to do the travelling

[Babu Frik 1,179]

1 hour ago, Mavy Rakkail said:

It is not mine, i know people with emergency but they asked and were told it won’t work. So we are trying to figure out what might work.

case is: sister a us citizen is sick and due to covid situation it’s getting harder for her so she needs her sister “expired b1/b2 visa holder” to come over and help her out until things settle down.

doctor report is ready but people let us down and said it’s not sufficient 

That's still shopping for a reason to expedite.

 

So if your reason doesn't work,  and you're trying to find something that will work si you can try it, that could be considered fraud. 

[SusieQQQ 11,588]

Emergency reason is a lot more urgent than that what you describe, it is basically life or death situations for family. The Philippines website helpfully lists some examples. Note in all cases you’d need proper documentation.   https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/ph-niv-emergencyappointment.asp

 

• Medical Emergency

  Purpose of travel is to obtain emergency medical care, or to accompany a relative or employer for emergency medical care, or to visit a relative suffering from an immediate, life-threatening medical condition.

  Essential documentation: 

  1. A letter from your doctor in the Philippines describing the medical condition and why you are seeking medical care in the United States.
  2. A letter from the physician or hospital in the United States indicating that they are prepared to treat the case and providing the approximate cost of the treatment.
  3. Evidence of how you will pay for the cost of the treatment.

   

  Funeral/Death

  Purpose of travel is to attend the funeral of or make arrangements for repatriating the body of an immediate family member (mother, father, brother, sister, child, grandparent, or grandchild) in the United States.

  Essential documentation:

  1. A letter from the funeral director stating the contact information, the details of the deceased and the date of the funeral.
  2. You must also present evidence that the deceased is an immediate relative.
•  

 

Edited December 27, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[igoyougoduke 1,680]

2 hours ago, Mavy Rakkail said:

Hello all, 

to those with experience, do you know if we can book an expedited interview at the embassy for a tourist visa? What are the reasons that work? What was your experience overall.

 

thank you a lot

1) Expedited will be granted if there is an expedited reason like death, accident, life ending situation. sick can be fever, cancer diagnosis , physical weakness, headaches, pinky hurts,  mental health issues due to covid etc.  so if the reason is not emergency that its not 

 

2) everything else wont be granted expedited tourist visa

 

your best bet is call/email the consulate in your country. Of course the officer will review the documents. Embassies will grant visa if there was a truely an emergency situation. they are humans too and they know what is true and fake.  i know some one who was granted same day appointment at a consulate but it was a true emergency life and death situation. 

 

Edited December 27, 2020 by igoyougoduke

[Timona 4,210]

7 hours ago, Mavy Rakkail said:

It is not mine, i know people with emergency but they asked and were told it won’t work. So we are trying to figure out what might work.

case is: sister a us citizen is sick and due to covid situation it’s getting harder for her so she needs her sister “expired b1/b2 visa holder” to come over and help her out until things settle down.

doctor report is ready but people let us down and said it’s not sufficient 

 

1. A lot of people in US got sick due to COVID. 

 

2. How are you coming to help someone with COVID? Aren't you not gonna end up contracting the disease too? Best practice is isolation, which doesn't require assistance and if it's that severe, seek medical help as they are well positioned to help. Furthermore, you won't even be allowed close to a COVID patient. 

 

So with just those 2 reasons, I don't think COVID expedite is going to happen in your case

[Mavy Rakkail 8]

4 hours ago, Timona said:

 

1. A lot of people in US got sick due to COVID. 

 

2. How are you coming to help someone with COVID? Aren't you not gonna end up contracting the disease too? Best practice is isolation, which doesn't require assistance and if it's that severe, seek medical help as they are well positioned to help. Furthermore, you won't even be allowed close to a COVID patient. 

 

So with just those 2 reasons, I don't think COVID expedite is going to happen in your case

Us citizen doesn’t have covid. 
she has uncontrolled HTN, Hyperthyroidism, diabetes, dyslipidemia. 
Medication Non compliance, covid freaked her out she can’t go out now and she’s afraid to, her latests checkups showed everything is uncontrollable recently. And she doesn’t want a stranger to help her.

 

[Adventine 3,223]

16 minutes ago, Mavy Rakkail said:

Us citizen doesn’t have covid. 
she has uncontrolled HTN, Hyperthyroidism, diabetes, dyslipidemia. 
Medication Non compliance, covid freaked her out she can’t go out now and she’s afraid to, her latests checkups showed everything is uncontrollable recently. And she doesn’t want a stranger to help her.

 

So the US citizen needs an assistant, possibly a nurse, and since this pandemic is still a long way from over, she needs someone to help for an extended period of time.

 

You can try requesting for an expedite, but based on the reasons provided here, the chances are slim... to none.

Edited December 27, 2020 by Adventine

[SusieQQQ 11,588]

2 hours ago, Mavy Rakkail said:

Us citizen doesn’t have covid. 
she has uncontrolled HTN, Hyperthyroidism, diabetes, dyslipidemia. 
Medication Non compliance, covid freaked her out she can’t go out now and she’s afraid to, her latests checkups showed everything is uncontrollable recently. And she doesn’t want a stranger to help her.

 

Those sound like chronic conditions, someone on a B visa is not going to be able to care for her permanently. It also does not sound like the kind of sudden life or death (she chooses not to comply with medication, she chooses not to have someone help her) situation that justifies an emergency b visa. Sorry if this sounds harsh but these are the objective facts.  If she has absolutely no family or friends in the US that can help her I agree that is a very worrying situation in general, is returning to her home country for the kind of long term help it sounds like she needs an option?

[Boiler 47,502]

Agree best for her to head home.